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Subject: Re: Question: Lisp's power points
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From: Erik Naggum
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* cbbrowne@acm.org
| What would be nice to have would be "pithy" examples of code to
| exemplify these sorts of things.
Then you go write them. In my experience, examples illustrating an
unknown concept usually mislead people. Besides, writing examples that
actually work to illustrate _concepts_ takes a lot of time and effort.
May I tell you that publication here is not exactly _rewarded_ when you
only complain about people not doing enough to satisfy you? Why not just
write and publish the stuff you missed yourself if it would be so nice?
| I think the world could use an "essay" or "book" that describes 7
| different applications of readtables, for instance, sort of paralleling
| Keene's book on CLOS.
Again, feel free to write it yourself. It is quite enjoyable until you
get complaints from people who _demand_ more without any encouragement.
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